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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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All public sector staff receive cuts suggestion letter
Leaders seek public sector cut suggestions

By politics.co.uk staff Britain’s six million public sector workers have been asked to suggest ways to cut costs by David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The prime minister and his deputy have written to every public sector worker in the country asking for help as they implement the spending review. Wednesday’s emergency Budget saw chancellor George… Read more »

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Time to hit the booze? State retirement age on the way up.
Work till you drop: Govt pushing up state pension age

By politics.co.uk staff The government is pushing ahead plans to raise the state pension age by a year, with reports suggesting it could soon be increased to 70 and beyond. The state pension age could hit 66 by as soon as 2016, eight years earlier than under Labour plans. The age for women would go… Read more »